Daniel Defoe
“Like Eden fruitful, like Arabia gay, England in native glory ever springs.”
“We loved the doctrine for the teacher's sake.”
“'Tis very strange men should be so fond of being thought wickeder than they are.”
“A true-bred merchant is the best gentleman in the nation.”
“In trouble to be troubled is to have your trouble doubled.”
“The best of men cannot suspend their fate: The good die early, and the bad die late.”
“Wherever God erects a house of prayer, the devil always builds a chapel there.”
“All our discontents about what we want appeared to spring from the want of thankfulness for what we have.”
“Fear of danger is ten thousand times more terrifying than danger itself.”
“It is never too late to be wise.”